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On Sunday May 16, 2010, over 20,000 viewers representing the Jewish community from countries around the globe are expected to commune at TorahCafe.com for a webcast featuring Rabbi Shaar Yashuv Cohen, Chief Rabbi of Haifa, Israel, in a lecture titled “One Nation Under G-d.”

LIVE at 2pm: Chief Rabbi to Speak of Captivity in Amman

On Sunday May 16, 2010, over 20,000 viewers representing the Jewish community from countries around the globe are expected to commune at TorahCafe.com for a webcast featuring Rabbi Shaar Yashuv Cohen, Chief Rabbi of Haifa, Israel, in a lecture titled “One Nation Under G-d.”

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Baby Boy!

Eliyahu and Chayale Citron from Portland, Oregon had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Shneur Pink (Manchester, UK) to Sheindel November (Teaneck, NJ) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 8:00pm at Ulam Chana 556 Crown Street
New Engagement!

Levi Katan (Kfar Chabad, EY) to Miriam Krichevsky (London, UK)
Baby Girl!

Yakov and Tzivia (nee Fogel) Staschower from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
Baby Boy!

Sender and Chana Sara Segel from Coral Springs, FL had a baby boy!
Baby Girl!

Mendy and Chaya Mushka (nee Vaisfiche) Labkowski from Buffalo, NY had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Zalmy Liberow (Colorado Springs, CO) to Fraidel Werde (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Thursday, August 7th, 8:00pm at Rubashkin’s Upstairs
New Engagement!

Yaakov Levy (Crown Heights) to Mimi Stern (Houston, TX)
New Engagement!

Mendel Schaffran (Brooklyn, NY) to Chana Friedman (Pittsburgh, PA) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
Baby Boy!

Zev and Chaya Mushka Shusterman from Coral Springs, FL had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Mendel Vardi (Yerushalayim, EY) to Sara Namdar (Gothenburg, Sweden) L’Chaim: Tuesday, the 4th of Av, 8:30pm at The Garden House 1386 S. Johns Pl
Baby Girl!

Sholom and Chaya Mushka (nee Rosenfeld) Katz from Lauderhill, FL had a baby girl!
Baby Girl!

Ari and Chanie Greenwald from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Israel Guetta (Netanya ,Israel) to Sterna Benmoussa (Paris ,France )
New Engagement!

Avremel Rapoport(Clarks Summit, PA) to Faigy Liberow (London, UK) L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
New Engagement!

Menny Leitner (Monsey, NY) to Bracha Goldberg (Monsey, NY) L’Chaim: Sunday, July 20th, 7:30pm at Bais Yosef Meir Simcha Hall 19 Olympia Ln, Monsey
New Engagement!

Mendy Sulami (Los Angeles, CA) to Aidel Spielman (Crown Heights)
by Aaron Zalmenson
Let us sit together and ponder. We’ll come up with ideas on how to achieve Achdus.

WRONG!

We are approaching the issue backward!

Why do we crave Achdus? What truly unifies us? Simple — our Neshamas are all part of one unit and therefore we intuitively crave Achdus. Intuitively, we feel fragmented without Achdus.

Practically, what is the key to expressing the Neshamah’s desire for Achdus? Torah and Halacha. Simply put, adherence to Halacha unifies Yidden. Without Halacha as our guide, all efforts for peace will at best be temporary. Halacha creates true homogeny and guides us to a single cause. Why do we eat food that has a Hasgachah from a Rav that belongs to a community that is very different from us socially and ideologically? Because we share common ground --Halacha.

Op-Ed: Achdus among Chassidim (Yidden)!?

by Aaron Zalmenson

Let us sit together and ponder. We’ll come up with ideas on how to achieve Achdus.

WRONG!

We are approaching the issue backward!

Why do we crave Achdus? What truly unifies us? Simple — our Neshamas are all part of one unit and therefore we intuitively crave Achdus. Intuitively, we feel fragmented without Achdus.

Practically, what is the key to expressing the Neshamah’s desire for Achdus? Torah and Halacha. Simply put, adherence to Halacha unifies Yidden. Without Halacha as our guide, all efforts for peace will at best be temporary. Halacha creates true homogeny and guides us to a single cause. Why do we eat food that has a Hasgachah from a Rav that belongs to a community that is very different from us socially and ideologically? Because we share common ground –Halacha.

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The man at the center of the 1991 Crown Heights riot now lives incognito in a New Jersey town, untroubled by memories of his terrible deed. “Up until today, I left it alone,” Lemrick Nelson Jr., now 34, told The Post. “I don't even think about it.” “That was 19 years ago,” he said about fatally stabbing Hasid scholar Yankel Rosenbaum at the height of the notorious race riot. “I was a kid then. I made a mistake. Kids make mistakes. I'm a man now. I've never been in or out of trouble. I don't live that life.”

’91 Crown Heights Thug’s New Life

The man at the center of the 1991 Crown Heights riot now lives incognito in a New Jersey town, untroubled by memories of his terrible deed.

“Up until today, I left it alone,” Lemrick Nelson Jr., now 34, told The Post. “I don’t even think about it.”

“That was 19 years ago,” he said about fatally stabbing Hasid scholar Yankel Rosenbaum at the height of the notorious race riot. “I was a kid then. I made a mistake. Kids make mistakes. I’m a man now. I’ve never been in or out of trouble. I don’t live that life.”

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Sunday Night L’Chaims!

Sunday Night L’Chaims!

Bentzi Cousin (London) and Osnas Grinman (Detroit, MI)
Crown Condos, 580 Crown St [between Albany and Troy Ave]

Mendy Gurkov (Wayne, NJ) and Esty Mintz (Crown Heights)
Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St [hall entrance on Albany Ave]

Ari Schapiro (CH) and Messody Ezagui (CH)
Bais Rivkah, 310 Crown St [between New York and Nostrand Ave]

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Following our report last week about an attempted abduction of an 8-year-old Lubavitcher girl, the New York Post ran a startlingly similar story which took place in the Bay Ridge Area of Brooklyn, in which a 12-year-old girl was lured in a similar fashion:

NY Post: This is a sketch of the pervert who grabbed a 12-year-old Brooklyn girl on her way to school, dragged her into an SUV and [assaulted] her before she managed to break free, police said.
The sicko struck at 7:50 a.m. Tuesday on 67th Street near 12th Avenue in Bay Ridge.

He approached the youngster, pulled her into the rear of the Jeep Laredo […]. She bravely pushed him off, opened the door and escaped.

Similarities in Incidents where Perv Strikes in Other Bklyn Nabes

Following our report last week about an attempted abduction of an 8-year-old Lubavitcher girl, the New York Post ran a startlingly similar story which took place in the Bay Ridge Area of Brooklyn, in which a 12-year-old girl was lured in a similar fashion:

NY Post: This is a sketch of the pervert who grabbed a 12-year-old Brooklyn girl on her way to school, dragged her into an SUV and [assaulted] her before she managed to break free, police said.
The sicko struck at 7:50 a.m. Tuesday on 67th Street near 12th Avenue in Bay Ridge.

He approached the youngster, pulled her into the rear of the Jeep Laredo […]. She bravely pushed him off, opened the door and escaped.

Crime
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As hundreds of girls from all over New York City and beyond, poured into Lubavitch Yeshiva, the air was filled with anticipation. What different perspective would be portrayed? What would be said that we hadn’t heard before? I had the same question myself. But not for long.

350 Attend Shidduch Event for Girls

As hundreds of girls from all over New York City and beyond, poured into Lubavitch Yeshiva, the air was filled with anticipation. What different perspective would be portrayed? What would be said that we hadn’t heard before? I had the same question myself. But not for long.

Crown Heights News
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By Tara Kelly for the Time Magazine

When it comes to mental health, the Internet gets a bad rap. There are countless studies that suggest regular access to the Internet is linked to stress, anxiety and addiction. But before you stop tweeting and toss out your iPhone, it turns out that spending time on the Web could actually be making you happier.

Study: Access to Internet Brings Happiness‎

By Tara Kelly for the Time Magazine

When it comes to mental health, the Internet gets a bad rap. There are countless studies that suggest regular access to the Internet is linked to stress, anxiety and addiction. But before you stop tweeting and toss out your iPhone, it turns out that spending time on the Web could actually be making you happier.

General
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Murray Weiss, John Doyle, and Bill Sanderson for the New York Post

There will be nowhere to hide.

The NYPD plans to have eyes on nearly every inch of Midtown under an ambitious plan to tap into private cameras and beef up its own supply over a 30-block stretch from river to river.

NYPD Announces Camera Plan, will Tap into Private Cameras

Murray Weiss, John Doyle, and Bill Sanderson for the New York Post

There will be nowhere to hide.

The NYPD plans to have eyes on nearly every inch of Midtown under an ambitious plan to tap into private cameras and beef up its own supply over a 30-block stretch from river to river.

NYC News
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Des Monies Register Blog

Sholom Rubashkin talks with Leah Rubashkin during a break in the child labor trial at the Black Hawk County Courthouse on Thursday, May 13, 2010 in Waterloo. S. Rubashkin was the co-Vice President of Agriprocessors in Postville. (RICK TIBBOTT/ Courier Staff Photographer)

After the jury left the courtroom yesterday, defense attorney F. Montgomery Brown asked the prosecution to turn over all evidence — if it hasn’t already — related to transcripts or summaries of interviews of witnesses by government agents after the immigration raid.

When presented with a written record on cross-examination, most of the witnesses have said they don’t remember any specifics about the interviews. Others said they don’t remember doing any interviews.

Judge Calls Witnesses Credibility into Question

Des Monies Register Blog

Sholom Rubashkin talks with Leah Rubashkin during a break in the child labor trial at the Black Hawk County Courthouse on Thursday, May 13, 2010 in Waterloo. S. Rubashkin was the co-Vice President of Agriprocessors in Postville. (RICK TIBBOTT/ Courier Staff Photographer)

After the jury left the courtroom yesterday, defense attorney F. Montgomery Brown asked the prosecution to turn over all evidence — if it hasn’t already — related to transcripts or summaries of interviews of witnesses by government agents after the immigration raid.

When presented with a written record on cross-examination, most of the witnesses have said they don’t remember any specifics about the interviews. Others said they don’t remember doing any interviews.

Communal Matters
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By Rabbi Yoseph Kahanov Jax, Fl.
It's The Jews Again!

Jerusalem (SatireWire.com) Update — Jews, whose troubled, 10,000-year term as G-d's “Chosen People” finally expired last night, woke up this morning to find that they had once again been hand-picked by the Almighty. Synagogues across the globe declared a day of mourning.

Asked if the descendants of Abraham shouldn't be pleased about being tapped for an unprecedented second term, Jerusalem Rabbi Ben Meyerson shrugged. “Of course, you are right, we should be thrilled,” he said. “We should also enjoy a good swift kick in the head, but for some reason, we don't.

”Now don't ask such questions until you watch the news, or read history, or at least rent 'Fiddler on the Roof'.“

Much of the world's re-blessed Jewish community shared that feeling. ”It's always been considered a joke with us. You know, 'Please G-d, next time choose someone else,' ha ha," said New York City resident David Bashert.

Is G-d Guilty Of spiritual profiling? – In Defense Of The “Chosen” Doctrine

By Rabbi Yoseph Kahanov Jax, Fl.

It’s The Jews Again!

Jerusalem (SatireWire.com) Update — Jews, whose troubled, 10,000-year term as G-d’s “Chosen People” finally expired last night, woke up this morning to find that they had once again been hand-picked by the Almighty. Synagogues across the globe declared a day of mourning.

Asked if the descendants of Abraham shouldn’t be pleased about being tapped for an unprecedented second term, Jerusalem Rabbi Ben Meyerson shrugged. “Of course, you are right, we should be thrilled,” he said. “We should also enjoy a good swift kick in the head, but for some reason, we don’t.

”Now don’t ask such questions until you watch the news, or read history, or at least rent ‘Fiddler on the Roof’.“

Much of the world’s re-blessed Jewish community shared that feeling. ”It’s always been considered a joke with us. You know, ‘Please G-d, next time choose someone else,’ ha ha,” said New York City resident David Bashert.

Something Jewish
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NEBRASKA — Today, Friday the annual kinus Hashluchim for the U.S west coast region will open in Omaha, Nebraska, hosted by Rabbi Mendel Katzman and his wife.

Shluchim Convene for Regional Conference in Omaha

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NEBRASKA — Today, Friday the annual kinus Hashluchim for the U.S west coast region will open in Omaha, Nebraska, hosted by Rabbi Mendel Katzman and his wife.

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